I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have revealed they almost had to call off the latest due to the stormy weather that has continued to batter the camp.
During Saturday’s instalment of the ITV show, the campmates looked downcast as storms battered the camp, and it appears the conditions have also thrown filming into chaos.
Presenters Ant and Dec, both 49, joined Joel Dommett, 39, on the spin-off show Unpacked, and revealed that they almost missed filming on the latest episode due to the severe weather.
Speaking about the torrential rain, Joel told viewers: ‘It’s really loud here’ as he pointed towards the rainstorm.
Joel then said to both hosts: ‘We should talk about the fact that we almost didn’t make it in today.’
Dec shared: ‘I mean, we’ve had a very dramatic morning,’ as Ant explained: ‘We all got texts this morning saying the rain is so bad you might not even make it in today.’
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have revealed they almost had to call off the latest show due to the stormy weather
During Saturday’s instalment of the ITV show, storms and winds battered the camp and the celebrities were forced to wear their raincoats
Presenters Ant and Dec, both 49, joined Joel Dommett , 39, on the spin-off show Unpacked, and revealed that they almost missed filming today’s episode due to the severe weather
Dec added: ‘Well my text was from Joel, I woke up this morning and the first message on my phone was him going “This is so exciting”. Everyone was stopped from coming on-site because the rain was so bad.’
Joel confessed: ‘I left my hotel, my wife’s here and she doesn’t trust me with the key. I left the hotel without a key and then I got a text saying “You’re not coming in for a bit” and then I sat outside my hotel for about two hours in the rain.’
Dec admitted that the weather became ‘biblical’ during the night – leaving them unsure as to whether filming would go ahead or not.
He shared: ‘It was a bit of an effort to get the show on air today, there were only a few people here because we couldn’t get on site.’
While Ant revealed: ‘It’s only been this bad once before and we all nearly got trapped on site and a lot of people couldn’t leave for ages.’
Although the weather began to improve, there is still some uncertainty over Sunday’s Bushtucker Trial.
Joel asked the hosts: ‘What have we got in store (the Bushtucker Trial)’ and Ant revealed: ‘I do know it’s been delayed because of the weather, we’ll be here a lot longer today.’
Dec added: ‘They need to make sure the trial that was scheduled is doable in the area that it is.’
Speaking about the torrential rain, Joel said: ‘We should talk about the fact that we almost didn’t make it in today’
Dec shared: ‘I mean, we’ve had a very dramatic morning,’ as Ant explained: ‘We all get texts this morning saying the rain is so bad you might not even make it in today’
Joel asked the hosts: ‘What have we got in store (the Bushtucker Trial)’ and Ant revealed: ‘I do know it’s been delayed because of the weather, we’ll be here a lot longer today’
‘Everything’s a little bit up in the air here. And we don’t know who’s doing it because they’re choosing.’
The hosts then admitted that some of the tents had blown down overnight – including the one where family and friends wait for their loved ones.
It comes after Jane Moore revealed that people should underestimate Coleen Rooney ‘at their peril’ as she gave her thoughts on her I’m A Celebrity campmates.
The Loose Women presenter, 62, was the first star voted out of the jungle on Friday and will now be living in luxury in a hotel until the final when the winner is crowned.
Speaking about living with Coleen, Jane said: ‘She’s quiet, she’s quite reserved, but underestimate her at your peril. She’s the absolute hub of the Rooney household. She runs it like a well-oiled machine.’
‘I think elements of Col – as I now call her, because we’re on that level – that the public have seen have been quite cartoonish. You know, Wagatha Christie, footballer’s wife, whatever.’
‘I think for her to go into something and show herself and how strong she is and how lovely she is… I was really happy to see that.’
Jane also named radio DJ Melvin Odoom as the campmate she’d most like to see make it to the final.
The journalist described Melvin as ‘very under the radar’ but is a ‘grafter’ who does lots of work in the camp.
She added that he is kind and caring and hopes audiences notice him enough to get him to the final.
Jane was embroiled in a row over ‘ageism’ and ‘sexism’ in the jungle after she was tasked with the chore of doing the camp’s washing up and accused former boxing champion, Barry McGuigan, and the McFly frontman, Danny Jones, of being ageist and sexist for giving her the role because she was an older woman.
This Morning TV presenter Ruth Langsford also arrived Down Under earlier this week
And on Saturday, the star took to her Instagram to share with her followers a shocking video of the floods
Upon her exit, she told hosts Ant and Dec: ‘I had three jobs before then, I worked like a dog and then they gave me the washing up so I wasn’t pleased about that. I did a lot down there but hard work doesn’t pay off as I’m the first one out, people don’t notice hard work’.
In a warning to the remaining campmates, she said: ‘The more people get voted off, it will get apparent who isn’t doing that much.’
‘I would like to see the quiet hard workers win, there’s a lot of showmen in there. I want Coleen [Rooney] or Melvin [Odoom] to win, they’re not flamboyant.’
Speaking about her time in the jungle she said: ‘I have lived it and it’s just such a weird and magical experience. People always say it’s the best experience of your life, wouldn’t say that with the rain. Never been so soaked in my life, constantly’.
‘At least there’s no more washing up, I’m never washing up again. I enjoyed getting to know the others and asking them questions. We’ve all got each other’s back.’
It comes after Jane Moore was the first star to be evicted from camp on Friday and she gave her thoughts on her celebrity campmates during her exit
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‘Them getting to know me was great too, because I’m a journalist they were initially like, “hang on what’s this going to be like?”‘.
‘A lot of them said they talked about things with me they haven’t for years and they felt better for it.’
Jane was greeted off the I’m A Celebrity bridge by her daughters Ellie, 32, and Grace, 22, whom she shares with her ex-husband of 22 years, Gary Farrow.
She later told Sam Thompson on the spin-off show Unpacked: ‘I’m not going to sugar coat it I’m really disappointed to be first out because I hoped that people would see how hard I worked and how integral I was to the camp.’
‘I would have liked to have been second or third, I knew I wasn’t going to make it the whole way. But I can’t say that anyone deserved to be out before me. My camp bestie was Danny.’
Jane continued: ‘We discussed at one point that maybe we were all getting on too well because viewers like it when there’s drama, but we couldn’t do it.’
‘I think you need to ask Melvin if Dean was pulling his weight. There are the show people in the camp, that are providing the entertainment, maybe people that are providing good TV. There are hard workers that allow them to be flamboyant.’
I’M A CELEBRITY 2024: MEET THE ALL STAR LINE UP
OTI MABUSE
Oti Mabuse has already two Strictly glitterballs under her belt
AGE: 34
OCCUPATION: Professional dancer
FAMOUS FOR: Oti is best known for being a professional dancer on the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, which she won in 2019 and 2020.
DANNY JONES
Danny Jones is one of the bookies’ favourites to win this year’s I’m A Celeb
AGE: 38
OCCUPATION: McFly singer
FAMOUS FOR: Danny is one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly.
He is also a coach on The Voice UK.
BARRY MCGUIGAN
Former boxer Barry McGuigan is heading into the jungle
AGE: 63
OCCUPATION: Retired professional boxer
FAMOUS FOR: Barry was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone and held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 to 1986.
GK BARRY
GK Barry is a TikTok star who recently joined the ITV family on Loose Women
AGE: 25
OCCUPATION: TikTok star
FAMOUS FOR: Grace is known for her comedic commentary on culture, lifestyle, and fashion. She has over 3.6 million followers and recently joined the Loose Women panel.
DEAN MCCULLOUGH
ITV bosses are hoping Dean McCullough will ruffle feathers in the camp
AGE: 32
OCCUPATION: Radio 1 DJ
FAMOUS FOR: Radio 1 DJ Dean has been signed by I’m A Celeb bosses, in the hope that he will ruffle feathers with his outspoken views.
Earlier this year it was announced Dean would be taking over the BBC Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show, after previously fronting the afternoon slot.
JANE MOORE
Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women
AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Journalist
FAMOUS FOR: Jane is best known as a panellist and anchor of Loose Women between 1999 and 2002.
She returned as a regular panellist from 2013 onwards.
Jane takes on the challenge following her high-profile split from husband of 20 years, Showbiz agent, Gary Farrow.
MELVIN ODOOM
Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021
AGE: 44
OCCUPATION: DJ and TV presenter
FAMOUS FOR: His work on radio. Melvin was previously courted by I’m A Celeb bosses back in 2021, but turned down the offer at the last minute.
He also had a primetime stint on Strictly back in 2016.
COLEEN ROONEY
Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history
AGE: 38
OCCUPATION: WAG
FAMOUS FOR: Wagatha Christie case against arch rival Rebekah Vardy.
Reports claim that she has been offered the biggest deal in the show’s history, exceeding Nigel Farage’s £1.5million from last year.
ALAN HALSALL
Alan Halsall is best known for his role as Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street
AGE: 42
OCCUPATION: Actor
FAMOUS FOR: Coronation Street actor Alan Halsall was forced to withdraw from I’m A Celeb last year, after undergoing ACL Reconstruction surgery.
Bosses have now convinced the actor to sign up again, and no doubt he will draw in a huge fanbase thanks to his long-running role as Tyrone Dobbs on the soap.
TULISA
Tulisa is making her career comeback after reuniting with N-Dubz last year
AGE: 36
OCCUPATION: Singer and former X Factor judge
FAMOUS FOR: Tulisa reunited with N-Dubz last year for a tour after first finding fame with the band in 2007.
In 2011, she became a judge on The X Factor and went on to launch her debut solo album, The Female Boss.
She released her fourth album with N-Dubz last year.
REVEREND RICHARD COLES
Richard is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest
AGE: 62
OCCUPATION: Writer, broadcaster and priest
FAMOUS FOR: Richard is an English writer, radio presenter and Church of England priest.
He first came to prominence as the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards.
MAURA HIGGINS
Maura is best known for her stint on Love Island UK in 2019
AGE: 33
OCCUPATION: TV Personality
FAMOUS FOR: Maura is an Irish television personality, television presenter and model.
She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth series of ITV2 reality series Love Island.